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• Pres. Ali touts 33.3% half-year growth

  …inflation pegged at 4% …raises 2026 GDP forecast to 20.8% (Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Monday declared Guyana’s economy “healthy” after the country recorded 33.3% real GDP growth at the half-year mark, with the non-oil economy expanding by 10.1%. At a press conference at the Office of the President, Georgetown, the Head of State […]

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• GPL operating on razor-thin reserve

  …generators pushed beyond maintenance deadlines– Patterson (Kaieteur News) – Former Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson has warned that the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is operating with a razor-thin spinning reserve, leaving the national electricity grid vulnerable to failures and cascading outages. Patterson made the disclosure during a recent episode of Sources- a […]

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• Corentyne youth dies after bike slams into lamp pole

  (Kaieteur News) – A 19-year-old Corentyne youth lost his life early Saturday morning after the motorcycle he was riding reportedly crashed into a lamp pole along the Albion Public Road. Dead is Dhanesh Parbudial of Belvedere, Corentyne, who was employed by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). According to information gathered by Kaieteur News, the accident occurred […]

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